Chapter 1196: Goodbye Zhen Mi
'What did you say?' Luoyang Morning Post's Started Circulation? Liu Yu couldn't help but reconfirm happily when he heard this. :3.
"Yes." Ren Hongchang said sweetly in Liu Yu's arms: "The 'Luoyang Morning Post' was issued the day before yesterday, and Lord Dong Zhao has sent someone to send the first newspaper to the husband, I believe that the husband will be able to see it soon!" ”
"Haha, okay, Dong Zhao did a really good job!" Liu Yu praised a few words loudly, and then asked, "How is the sales of that newspaper?" Is there any other newspaper besides it? ”
"Although the 'Luoyang Morning Post' was only sold in the six counties of Beijing, it sold more than 170,000 copies on the day of its publication, and the workers of the printing bureau reprinted it three times to meet the needs of the people. As for whether other newspapers have been published or not, according to Master Dong Zhao, he wants to use the 'Luoyang Morning Post' as a pilot and wait for the experience to be summed up before carrying out large-scale development! ”
Being able to control the power of the media and guide public opinion is to a large extent to grasp the will of the people, which is of great benefit to Liu Yu's career. Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing, Ren Hongchang understood Liu Yu's thoughts, and laughed along.
"Husband, Sister Hongchang, why are you so happy?" Fan Lihua walked in with a slightly tired face.
"You're back, sit down and rest for a while!" Liu Yu felt a little sorry for her hard work, and hurriedly signaled Ren Hongchang to pour tea for Fan Lihua.
Fan Lihua took the tea handed over by Ren Hongchang, thanked her, and asked again: "Husband, if there is anything good, just say it and make the concubine happy!" ”
Liu Yu smiled and said nothing, and Ren Hongchang told Fan Lihua and them about the matter. Natural. Liu Yu got the praise of a concubine again. After satisfying Liu Yu's little vanity, Liu Yu asked Fan Lihua, "Have you finished the test?" How many are qualified? ”
Fan Lihua took a sip of tea and said, "The loyalty of the one hundred and thirty-eight people who came to Ying'er can be guaranteed. And their qualifications are also very good. Although most of them have their muscles and bones in shape, their body flexibility and limb coordination are very good. After the strict selection of concubines, one hundred and eight people, including Lai Ying'er, can enter Luan Fengwei. ”
"There are so many people who are qualified to become Luan Fengwei?!" Liu Yu sighed and said: "The muscles and bones are so fixed that it's nothing, they can still practice martial arts after I cut the tendons and wash the marrow for them in Ming'er." ”
Fan Lihua sat in Liu Yu's arms before Ren Hongchang, and then said with a chuckle: "You don't have to worry about it, husband!" The concubine body has already fed the 'marrow washing pill' to Ying'er and them, and taught them the 'Yi Muscle Forging Bone Technique' for them to practice first. ”
"Cleansing Pill?" Liu Yu looked at her suspiciously and asked.
"This is a magical elixir that Sister Wu Amaranth was inspired by the collection of books in the royal treasury and worked hard to refine after studying countless ancient recipes, which can reshape people's muscles and bones." Fan Lihua paused when she said this. Then he continued: "As for the 'Yi Muscle Forging Bone Gong', it is obtained from Sister Lingsi, it is said that this function reshapes the muscles and bones, expands the meridians, and after practice, you can get twice the result with half the effort and make rapid progress by practicing the real internal strength and heart method." ”
Liu Yu nodded understandingly. said: "Okay, I don't care about these things in the future, you just look at it!" ”
At this moment, the voice of Zou Zhiruo telling them to eat came. Liu Yu patted Fan Lihua's plump thighs. He smiled lewdly and said, "Okay, let's go to the dining hall, and after eating, I will settle the afternoon account with you!" I want to teach you women who dare not take your husband in your eyes, of course, the place to teach you is in bed! ”
Ren Hongchang and the others smiled and quickly fled from Liu Yu's side, but they seemed to have forgotten what it meant to "run past the first day of junior high school, but not more than fifteen"!
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Liu Yu went to Zhen Yi's thanksgiving banquet alone, because Ren Hongchang said that they would give Liu Yu and his "old friend" a chance to be alone. This made Liu Yu very helpless. You must know that when Liu Yu and Zhen Mi separated, she was only a five or six-year-old girl, and now it is a problem for people to remember him. How can you be alone with Liu Yu, a lustful person with a whoopy name?!
A few polite words with Zhen Yi, who was out of the house, and then under his guidance, he walked into the brightly lit and luxuriously decorated banquet hall, where there was a middle-aged beautiful woman with gorgeous clothes and dignified manners, Liu Yu immediately recognized this noble lady as Mrs. Zhen who was rescued by him and Liu Bei from the thieves back then.
Based on the good habit of respecting women, Liu Yu was the first to say hello: "I didn't expect that after a long time, Mrs. Zhen's demeanor is still so bright and beautiful!" ”
This sentence is a common word to compliment women, why did Zhen Yi and his wife's faces become a little embarrassed? Although Mrs. Zhen's expression changed slightly, she was still blessed, and said softly: "The concubine sees Xiangye, and people in the twilight should not be so praised by Xiangye." ”
Liu Yu waved his hand disappreciatively and entered the hall first. After sitting down, Zhen Yi clapped his hands, the musicians in the corner of the hall immediately played music, the dancers also moved, and the beautiful wine maid behind Liu Yu also stepped forward and poured a glass of wine in the marigold in front of Liu Yu.
Liu Yu looked at it, and the wine turned out to be red. Could it be that there is wine at this time? At this time, Zhen Yi's words affirmed Liu Yu's judgment: "Xiangye, the wine in front of you is called 'wine', which was purchased by the villain from Hu Shang in the Western Regions for a lot of money, and it is said that it has been aged for nearly a hundred years, how about you taste it?" ”
Sure enough, it was wine, but Zhen Yi's words made Liu Yu couldn't help but shake his head and smile. In his slightly puzzled eyes, Liu Yu said slowly: "The wine of the Western Regions is very different from the rice wine or liquor of our Han Dynasty: the rice wine or liquor of our Han Dynasty is often the more fragrant and tasteful the older the wine; But that's not the case with wine. Each type of wine has its own optimal time to drink, and if it has aged for too long, the aroma and taste of the wine will begin to decline, just as beauty has its twilight moments. Therefore, wine must be drunk at the right time. In order to taste its peak flavor, it is not that the longer it is left for the better. Liu Yu took a sip of the marigold, feeling the taste of the wine in his mouth. He said lightly: "And compared with the wine of our big man, the wine is slightly softer, and it should be more suitable for women to drink." ”
"Well said!" In Zhen Yi's embarrassed expression, an intoxicating voice like heaven came from the back hall. With a sound of footsteps, the owner of the voice appeared in front of Liu Yu's eyes. What a peerless beauty this is!
Look at its shape: fluttering like a frightening flood, graceful like a dragon. Rong Yao autumn chrysanthemum, Huamao spring pine. It seems to be like a light cloud covering the moon. Fluttering like the snow of the wind. Looking at it from afar, it is as bright as the sun rising to the morning glow; Forced to observe it, the scorching waves appeared. Delicate and heartfelt. Trim the fit. If the shoulders are cut, the waist is as plain. Stretch the neck and show the neck, and the quality is exposed. Fangze has no addition, lead Huafu Yu. The clouds are ethereal. Eyebrow shaping. Dan's lips are outward. Hao teeth are fresh, bright eyes are good, and Jing assists in power. Magnificent and elegant, quiet and leisurely. Tenderness and flattery in words. The strange clothes are magnificent, and the bone image should be pictured. The brilliance of the cloth, the brilliance of the Yaobi. Wear gold and emerald jewelry, embellished with pearls to show off your body.
Liu Yu's abrupt gaze did not make this stunning beauty angry. Instead, she looked at Liu Yujiao with a look of shame and said, "Xiangye knows everything, it's really admirable!" ”
"Miss Zhen Mi?" Although her identity has been affirmed in her heart. But Liu Yu still wanted to make sure again.
The stunning girl bent over Wanfu and said in a coquettish voice: "It is the people's girl." ”
Liu Yu smiled and was about to speak, but Zhen Yi was very rude and preemptively blamed: "Mi'er, can you trespass on this kind of occasion?" Don't get out of here! ”
"Don't worry, Daddy, Xiangye will definitely not blame his daughter for this little thing!" Zhen Mi first said a few words to Zhen Yi, and then turned her head to Liu Yu and asked with a timid expression: "Is what the folk girl said right, Xiangye?" ”
Liu Yu smiled slightly at this peerless beauty who was very close back then with a kind expression, nodded and was about to speak, but Zhen Yi, the old boy, actually interrupted Liu Yu again: "Even if the prime minister is generous, he won't blame you for this, but you should also be self-disciplined, how can you be so rude?" And for the father and the grandfather to talk about business, what kind of system do you stay here? Don't hurry up and step down with me. ”
Liu Yu noticed that he was still making eyes while talking, first at Zhen Mi, and then changed to Mrs. Zhen after Zhen Mi ignored him. "Mi'er......" Mrs. Zhen, who received her husband's hint, was interrupted by Zhen Mi as soon as she spoke: "Mother, don't say it, my daughter has her own measure!" Mrs. Zhen, who had nothing to do with Zhen Mi since she was a child, sighed lightly and looked at her husband helplessly.
Just when Zhen Yi was about to say something with a calm face, Zhen Mi looked directly at him and said, "Dad, my daughter knows what you want to say to Xiangye, and my daughter thinks that it is more appropriate for her daughter to say those words than for you to say." ”
"Nonsense!" Seeing Zhen Yi reprimanding Zhen Mi with an angry face, Liu Yu couldn't help but kindly speak up and act as a peacemaker: "Since Miss Zhen Mi understands Mr. Zhen's intentions, then Miss Zhen Mi will talk to me, I won't mind!" As soon as the words fell, Zhen Yi's eyes with hidden anger fell on Liu Yu's body. Liu Yu frowned slightly, he didn't understand that Zhen Yi would see himself like this, could it be that he was dissatisfied with Liu Yu's interference in his housework?
Zhen Mi was obviously extremely satisfied with Liu Yu's words, she smiled sweetly at Liu Yu, and said delicately: "Can you ask Xiangye to move to the back garden, so that the people can tell the people about their father's affairs one by one!" ”
Although Liu Yu didn't know why the back garden would be a better place to discuss than the banquet hall, the look in the eyes of Zhen Yi and his wife that made Liu Yu feel unhappy prompted him to agree immediately. Maybe they are too doting on Zhen Mi, maybe they are afraid of Liu Yu, in short, Zhen Yi and his wife did not object to Zhen Mi's words, but the faces of the two fathers and mothers were a little blue.
Zhen Mi didn't let others follow, and even her two personal little girls were sent away, she personally carried a food box with some wine and food and led Liu Yu to the quiet back garden. Although he knew that Zhen Mi had extremely high martial arts, that food box would not become a burden on him at all, Liu Yu still said with great grace: "Miss Zhen Mi, let me take it!" ”
Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Yu, and while softly letting Liu Yu take the food box, she said to Liu Yujiao angrily: "Big brother, do you still use honorifics when we are alone?" ”
This "big brother" evoked Liu Yu's memories of the past, and the scene of Zhen Mi affectionately calling him "big brother" in his arms despite the blood stains on Liu Yu's body appeared in front of Liu Yu's eyes again. Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart. "It's been eleven years since the incident, I'm afraid that Mi'er will forget about the big brother, so naturally it's not abrupt!" Liu Yu said with a smile and his nickname back then.
Zhen Mi seemed to be even more dissatisfied after listening to Liu Yu's words. She pouted with a delicate little mouth and said, "People won't forget the big brother, but the big brother has forgotten about the people!" For so many years, the eldest brother has never looked for Mi'er, does he not want this ugly yellow-haired girl if he has a sister-in-law? ”
"Our Mi'er is the fifth beauty in the 'stunning list', if you are also an 'ugly yellow-haired girl', then I'm afraid there are few people in the world who can be called 'beauty'!" In fact, it is really convenient for Liu Yu to contact Zhen Mi, but I don't know why Liu Yu hasn't thought about doing this all these years. So now that she asked like this, Liu Yu was really embarrassed.
Zhen Mi looked at Liu Yu stupidly and said: "Big brother, the 'beauties' in your eyes are probably only the three sisters of 'Soul Witch', 'Royal Lady' and 'Peerless Talented Girl' who rank second, third and fourth in the 'Stunning List', right?" I heard that the 'gentle jade girl' at the end of the 'stunning list' is also your concubine, big brother? Hum. The eight beauties on the 'Stunning List' have half of them, so it's no wonder that they are willing to pay attention to this medium-looking little woman! ”
In order to block Zhen Mi's words, Liu Yu laughed a few times. Some scoundrels asked: "Why does Mi'er keep talking about the big brother, haven't you never looked for the big brother yourself?" ”
"Why haven't people looked for you?!" Zhen Mi said unexpectedly to Liu Yu: "Two years ago, when people were allowed to go out alone, I wanted to see your eldest brother, but after arriving in Luoyang, I realized that the inner city where your mansion is located is not allowed to enter casually. In desperation, they want to stay in Luoyang for a while to see if they will meet you who come out to hang out. I don't want to be too busy at home. After only seven days, they had to return to Jizhou! ”
Under the gaze of Zhen Mi's clear and seductive beautiful eyes. Liu Yu suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Hey, that...... Well, Mi'er, I heard that your parents handed over the family's Luoshui Chamber of Commerce to you when you were thirteen or fourteen years old? Even if you're very good at business, it's a little too early, right? ”
"It wasn't my parents who took the initiative to hand over the Luoshui Chamber of Commerce to me, it was someone who spilled it and snatched it from my father!" Zhen Mi emphasized that she exposed herself.
Liu Yu asked curiously, "Why?" ”
Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Yu again, and pouted: "It's not because of your family that you insist on asking for the Lord Luoshui Chamber of Commerce!" ”
"Because of me?" Her words made Liu Yu stunned.
Zhen Mi looked at Liu Yu silently. It wasn't until Liu Yu felt weak in his heart that he said faintly: "Big brother, do you remember what you said to others back then?" Just when Liu Yu was puzzled and wanted to recall the past. Zhen Mi's pretty face suddenly appeared with an innocent look that was extremely incommensurate with it, and her heavenly voice also turned into a crisp and pleasant child's voice: "Big brother, do you like money very much?" ”
Her sudden expression made Liu Yu a little overwhelmed, and when Liu Yu was about to ask for an explanation, Zhen Mi's expression changed again, and this change made Liu Yu feel extremely weird. You can imagine that a beautiful and elegant face has a greedy and dirty expression on it, and such a huge psychological difference is really uncomfortable.
Zhen Mi didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with this, her eyebrows fluttered and showed a very unhappy smile, then rubbed her hands together, and said in a hoarse voice: "Little sister, do you know that no matter what you do in this world, you need money: money for eating, money for clothing, money for travel, money for shopping, money for medical treatment, and even money for funerals after death." So, do you think my brother can not like it? ”
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, and finally suddenly realized that Zhen Mi had reproduced the past. After thinking about this, Liu Yu's mood was even more depressed. He never thought that he would make such a look in front of Zhen Mi back then, it was really too bad!
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Liu Yu always felt that Zhen Mi's eyes were full of smiles when he looked at him. Liu Yu coughed dryly twice and praised: "Speaking of Mi'er, you are really powerful, in just a few years, you have developed the Zhen family into one of the five giant businessmen in the world." This really impresses me to death! ”
An embarrassed look appeared on Zhen Mi's pretty face, she glanced at Liu Yu quickly and whispered: "In fact, our Zhen family can become one of the five giant merchants in the world by obtaining the agency rights of several exclusive commodities of Xingchanglong Trading Company, not because of how powerful they are!" ”
"That's pretty impressive." Liu Yu continued to praise: "You must know that all kinds of products of Xingchanglong Trading Company are exclusively operated by it, and you can become the only agent of Xingchanglong Trading Company, which shows your ability, you should not be modest!" ”
After listening to Liu Yu's words, Zhen Mi actually showed a trace of shame, and her voice was a little lower: "It's not like that, big brother." You don't know. The qualification of the agent of the other person was not won by others, but the Xingchanglong Trading Company took the initiative to hand it over to others! ”
Liu Yu was also very surprised to hear such a statement, because Liu Yu's instructions to Su Shuang were to form a monopoly pattern in various industries as much as possible. With Su Shuang's loyalty to Liu Yu, it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to give Liu Yu's property to others? Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask: "Why did Xingchanglong Trading Company do this?" ”
Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Yu as if she was a little weak-hearted, lowered her head and said in a low voice: "At that time, it had only been a few months since he took over the family business, and the shopkeeper of Xingchanglong Trading Company Su Da personally came out to discuss the agency with me. Our Zhen family is just famous for their family business in Jizhou. It's nothing compared to the big shopkeeper of the world's largest business. Therefore, people were also very surprised, and even asked Su Da Shopkeeper about this. ”
"And what did he say?" Seeing that Zhen Mi was silent, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask.
Zhen Mi glanced at Liu Yu again with a red face, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's chirping: "According to the shopkeeper of Su, the mysterious owner of Xingchanglong Trading Company has taken a fancy to me, so they will take special care of our Zhen family's business. ”
The mysterious owner of the Xingchanglong trading company? Isn't that what I'm talking about? When did I tell Su Shuang that I had a crush on Zhen Mi? Zhen Mi's words made Liu Yu frown, and Liu Yu racked his brains to recall, and finally remembered a possibility. The reason why Liu Yu accepted Su Shuang back then was because he wanted to get rid of the Heavenly Sword that Zhen Mi gave to Liu Yu. Later, Liu Yu seemed to have mentioned the topic of Zhen Mi to him, maybe Su Shuang mistakenly thought that the Heavenly Sword was a token of love given to Liu Yu by Zhen Mi, right?!
Maybe Liu Yu's silence scared Zhen Mi. She grabbed Liu Yu's arm tightly, tears rolled in her eyes, and explained anxiously: "Big brother, don't get me wrong, I don't know the mysterious owner of Xingchanglong Trading Company, and I definitely won't like him, you must believe me!" ”
Looking at Zhen Mi's panicked appearance and almost crying, Liu Yu couldn't help but be shocked: This girl can't be in love with me, right? …… Probably not, after all, she was only five or six years old when I met her, and it was already very good for her to remember me after eleven years of separation, how could she like me as a "big brother" who was old enough to be her father and became obscene?!
I don't know what kind of psychology it is, Liu Yu actually asked: "If you don't like the mysterious owner of Xingchanglong Trading Company, then who do you like?" ”
"Of course it's you, big brother......" Zhen Mi's blurted out answer stimulated Liu Yu's heart beating inexplicably, and she was ashamed that her face was flushed. But she didn't run away, but grabbed Liu Yu even harder, looked at Liu Yu with a pair of big watery eyes, and said affectionately: "Big brother, I just like you, I like you inexplicably." Not a day in the past eleven years has I not thought of you, and every night I can dream of your warm embrace. In order to make you like me more, I threatened me with a hunger strike, and forced my father to invite me a few big treasurers of our Zhen family to teach me the way of business. The Luoshui Chamber of Commerce, which was in charge of the family at the age of thirteen, also wants to prove to you that after having me, you don't have to worry about money anymore......"
Zhen Mi's words moved Liu Yu at the same time, but also made Liu Yu feel that it was not a taste. Because how he listens, how he feels that he is a little white face who eats soft rice!
“…… Big brother, do you like me? Do you want me? Zhen Mi took Liu Yu's hand and began to exert force, Liu Yu knew that she was not threatening him, but just venting her nervousness. (To be continued.) )